Hot-air register



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J. S. BAILEY. yHol: AIR REGISTER. No. 267,128. K Patented Nov. 7", 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. BAILEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOT-AIR REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,128, dated November 7, 1882.

' Application filed May 16, 1882.' (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. BAILEY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and usei'ul Improvements in Hot-Air Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an adjustable supporting-frame for the insulating material commonly arranged as a border to hot-air registers for the protection of the floors from the heat, the said frame being fastened to the licor to supportthe said insulating-borders,

and being adjustable with respect to the height ot' the oors, in order that when tting the registers the insulating-borders, which often differ considerablyin thickness, may be readily set ush with the upper surface of the floor, whereby the dressing and itting of the supports that are now often required may beavoided. vMy adjustable supporting frames may be made in separate parts, arranged so that the end pieces for a register of a given breadth may be used with the side pieces for registers of the same breadth, but of different lengths, and side pieces for registers of a given length may be used with end pieces of different lengths for registers of different breadths; but the said frames may also be constructed with integral parts.

Figure l in the accompanying drawings is a longitudinal section ot' my improved adjustable supporting-frame for said insulating register-borders, the right-hand side representing the frame of integral parts, and the left-hand side representing the construction in separate parts. Fig. 2 is a plan of the frame as represented in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one ofthe end bars as separately constructed.

A and A represent the end bars, and B the side bars, of the frame. C represents the end pieces of the insulating-border. D represents the door; E, bolts, and F nuts, by which the frame is suspended from the iioor, the nuts being setin the position for supporting the border flush with the upper surface of the floor, with packing G between the frame and the floor, against which the frame may be screwed up tightly to prevent the nuts from working loose. The sides B have end projections, H, beyond the end bars, for extending under the door to receive the bolts. The sides and ends ot' the frame are arranged with respect to the size of the register and made flat and Hush with each other on the upper surface, so that the borderpieces, of soapstone, marble, or other material, will rest on them, while the under sides have strengthening-ribs J. When the side and end bars of the frame are made separately, the side bars will have depressions or recesses K for the end bars to lie in, and said end bars will have stud-pins L, to drop through holes correspondin gly arranged for them in the side pieces.

Having thus described my invention, what I cla-iin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with a hot-air register and stone, marble, tile, or other solid insulating material, of a supporting-frame for the latter, secured to the licor by adjusting devices, enablin g said frame to be adjusted for different thicknesses of the insulating material, substantially as described.

JAMES S. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, S. H. MORGAN. 

